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Historical Highlights
The American Revolution
Our patriot ancestors include:
George Klock (1714-1790)
Judge Jacob G Klock (1738-1814
William Knowlton (1738-1784)
Cornelius Beekman (1733-1790)
Joseph Hall Jr (1757-1831)
Thomas Fournier (1732-1808)
Mayflower Connections
We descend from families that came over on the Mayflower:
John Alden (1599-1687) and his wife Priscilla Mullins (1602-1685)
John Howland (1593-1672) and his wife Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687)
and
William Brewster (1567-1644)
Mohawk Indian Heritage
My wife's family comes from Brantford, Ontario. She is able to trace her Mohawk lineage back to Joseph Brant (1743-1807). He was a famous Mohawk Indian chief that sided with the British during the American Revolution.
New France Pioneer
Jacques Goulet (1615-1688) is our French pioneer that was one of the first settlers of Quebec. Him and his wife arrived in New France in 1646. Most people with the Surname Goulet descend from this man.
Past Births
1667 - Paul Tessier in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1707 - Catherine Goulet in Lange, , Quebec, Canada
1733 - Marie Madeleine Goulet in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
1759 - Marie Marguerite Goulet in L'Ange Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1777 - Louis Lamoureux in St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
1804 - Guillaume Goulet in Notre Dame, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
1816 - Narcisse Bernardin Allaire in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada
1827 - David Pouliot in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1834 - Solomon Collier in Pennsylvania, USA
1837 - Augustin Goulet in Sts Gervais et Protais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1838 - Charles Winters in Pennsylvania
1842 - Eugene Goulet in St Ambroise, Kildare, Quebec, Canada
1842 - Ferdinand Goulet in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1843 - Marie Virginie Celine Goulet in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1846 - Georgianah Goulet in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1860 - Sophronie Poliquin in Canada
1860 - Sarah Elizabeth Johnson in Nova Scotia, Canada
1870 - Magdalena Mydlarz in Poland
1875 - Bertha Nietzke in Germany
1899 - Valeda M Salvas in Massachusetts
1901 - Lucinda Duhaime in New Hampshire
1921 - 'Jake' Earl Cletus Gaines in Dexter, Stoddard, Missouri, USA
1921 - Peter Paul Gwiazdowski Jr in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
1924 - Fernand J. Goulet in Maine
1928 - Jacqueline Blais in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1930 - Elaine Theresa Menders in Norwich, Connecticut
1935 - Ghislaine Pauline 'Jessie' Fluet in Fitchburg, Worcester, MA
1942 - ~ in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Past Marriages
1675 - Pierre Guenet and Catherine Vielliot in Ste Famille, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1738 - Jacques Bombardier dit Labombarde and Marie Francoise Thibault in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1834 - Eleonore Bujold and Marie Emilie Goulet in Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada
1873 - Narcisse Forgues and Marie Rose Delima Goulet in St Magloire, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1880 - Charles May and Marie Philomena Goulait in Saint Clair, St Clair, Michigan, USA
1884 - Joseph Francois Vallee and Marie Caroline Goulet in Sacre Coeur De Jesus, East Broughton, Quebec, Canada
1902 - Joseph Racine and Pomela Blais in St Francois de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada
1902 - Arthur Pelletier and Rose Alma Long in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1906 - William Onesime Chabot and Ellen Louisa Herbert in Chicago, Cook, Illinois
1908 - Eugene Goulet and Olivine Gagnon in Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1913 - Joseph Jeffrey Vermette and Sophie A Saberge in Maine, USA
1914 - Adelard Goulet and Marie Laura Boucher in Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1938 - Joseph Olivier Touvelin Dit Lariviere and Marie Amelia Perpetue Garceau in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts
Past Deaths
1715 - Laurent Daniau Dit Laprise in Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
1759 - Marie Joseph Goulet
1780 - Marie Josephe Goulet in Lanoraie, Berthier, Quebec, Canada
1801 - Catherine Janotte in St Roch de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1802 - Guillaume Benjamin Borman in Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
1840 - Prosper Toussaint Goulet in Berthierville, Quebec, Canada
1845 - Francois Luc Bailliarge in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1855 - Susanne Marois in St Clet, Quebec, Canada
1918 - Julius Goulet in Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota, USA
1922 - Mary Talbot in Minnesota, United States
1932 - Gilbert Villiard in Yamaska, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada
1974 - Edward Thomas Chabot in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas, Florida, USA
1976 - Susan Mary Turczynska in Warren, Macomb, Michigan, USA
1981 - Elizabeth Elliott Dunkle in Rochester, New York, USA
1985 - Ralph Albertus Hoxie in Michigan, United States
1985 - Marie Zenaide Eva Vallier in Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
1997 - Dorothy Mae Lafave
2008 - Olga I Bruno in Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, United States of America
William Nellis
Full Name | William Nellis |
Date of Birth | Unknown |
Place of Birth | Unknown |
Father | Unknown Unknown |
Mother | Unknown Unknown |
Spouse | Magdalena Klock |
Date of Marriage | Unknown |
Place of Marriage | Unknown |